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CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Cambridge, England, store is selling what's billed as the first musical sandwich made with turkey and cranberries and playing traditional Christmas tunes.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The Federal Way, Wash., school district destroyed lunch menus for 23 elementary schools after an employee added the greeting "Merry Christmas," a report said.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A man accused of raping two Orlando, Fla., college coeds programmed his phone number into their cell phones in case they wanted to date later, police said.
BRISTOL, England, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Some 1,400 copies of a British newspaper that had front-page reports of a cockroach-infested restaurant were purchased and disappeared within minutes.
CONYERS, Ga., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit near Conyers, Ga., have turned to fudge in addition to fruitcake to bolster the 43 brothers whose median age is 75.
DARWIN, Australia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- An Australian crocodile farmer is dabbling in urban politics, saying plans by Darwin officials to open a downtown crocodile theme park won't attract tourists.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Drivers who live within 1 mile of a restaurant are 30 percent more likely to have a car accident than one who lives further away, an analysis said Wednesday.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Waterloo, Iowa, man who argued his 574 pounds made him too heavy to go to prison was sentenced to 14 years on federal drug charges.
HACKENSACK, N.J., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A professional New Jersey safecracker has been commissioned to open two safes locked aboard a World War II submarine for more than 60 years.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- While the huge tree at the U.S. Capitol is officially called a Christmas tree, there's no mention of Christmas in President George Bush's annual greeting cards.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The New York editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary have selected "podcast" as the word of the year for 2005, beating out such others as bird flu.
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NASHVILLE, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A judge in Nashville has temporarily barred the city from enforcing a rule requiring strippers to be 3 feet from the customers in one narrow club.
JUPITER, Fla., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- An 83-year-old Florida woman has lost almost $1 million in assets in a legal fight to keep her home's yard "messy" with native plants. Hattie Siegel has been battling the Village of Tequesta for years. For five years, the village fined Siegel $1,000 a day
HAVANA, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- While questioning whether Florida Gov. Jeb Bush helped a Cuban dissident into the country, Cuban leader Fidel Castro also ribbed Bush for being fat.
Chinese city to build UFO research center... Pa. town's UFO fest backs fire department... Warrants out for smoking bingo scofflaws... N.Y. adds 5 new subway rules... UPI Quirks in the News.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Officials have removed a small Christmas tree decorated with losing lottery tickets from an annual holiday display in Oklahoma's Capitol.
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
